decisions at ssbea office bearers meeting - strike call

STATE BANK OF HYDERABAD STAFF ASSOCIATION
CENTRAL OFFICE: GUNFOUNDRY, HYDERABAD-5001 Regn. No.269
Phone: 040-23387262, 300, 396, 217, 23387696 040-66661941 Fax: 040-66661941
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CIRCULAR NO. SA-CO/08/2015
30TH April, 2015
To ALL THE MEMBERS :
Dear Comrades,
We reproduce hereunder the Circular dated: 28.04.2015, issued by State Sector
Bank Employees’ Association – (SSBEA) for your information.
With Greetings,
DECISIONS AT OFFICE BEARERS MEETING HELD AT DELHI on
22-4-2015 AGITATIONAL PROGRAMMES BEING LAUNCHED
The Office Bearers of SSBEA met in Delhi on 22nd April 2015 to take stock of the situation,
after the bipartite meeting held with the management of SBI and other Associate Banks and
the SSBEA FORUM on 21.02.2015 at Gurgaon, New Delhi. The meeting was attended by
Comrade C.H. Venkatachalam, General Secretary, AIBEA. Com J P Sharma, Vice
President and Com D.D Rustagi, Joint secretary, AIBEA also participated in our meeting.
All the members spoke about the outcome of the bipartite meeting and noted the rigid stand
taken by the SBI Management of the issue of enhancement in Housing Loan, linking it to
introducing Career Progression for Award staff in Associate Banks, the scheme available in
SBI. Com CHV also participated in the discussion and assured that AIBEA will extend all its
support to SSBEA.
The Office Bearers of SSBEA felt that the issue of Enhancement in Housing Loan and
personal overdraft is not being resolved while the management has introduced the same to
Officers. It was felt that, this amounts to discrimination and would result in de-motivating the
award staff, particularly when the same is introduced to only one section of employees.
When the Central Government has given freedom to decide on the housing loan scheme to
individual Banks, why the Associate Banks should be at the mercy of SBI ? Even the
Compassionate Appointment Scheme introduced in Associate Banks is not in tune with the
one approved by the Government of India. The arm twisting approach of SBI towards these
issues and linking our issues to introduction of Career Progression was deplored by all the
representatives of SSBEA. Many other issues were also discussed including the incident
that occurred in few of the Branches of SBBJ at Kanpur, UP, involving the high handed
approach of the Module Head of that Zone of SBBJ there, and the vindictive approach of the
SBBJ Management in this issue. The direction given by State Bank of India to all Associate
Banks not to hold any discussions with their respective unions and extend any new benefits
was also discussed. It was felt that we are being forced to adopt agitational programmes to
secure our legitimate demands. After elaborate discussion, it was decided to launch
agitational programes, including STRIKE ACTIONS on the following issues.
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1) De-link Associate Banks from SBI
2) Do not curb trade union right of representation
3) Vacate attacks on trade union in SBBJ
4) Extend compassionate appointment scheme as per Government guidelines.
5) Increase quantum of staff housing loan.
6) Recruitment of sub staff and part time employees
7) Resolve pending demands
8) Do not impose SBI service condition and career progression in Associate Banks
9) Enhance overdraft limits
Com C.H. Venkatachalam, General Secretary, AIBEA, assured the SSBEA leaders that it
will extend all support and if need be will give a call for a day’s STRIKE. He assured that
AIBEA will take up the following programmes. AIBEA will issue a circular on attacks in SBBJ
and organise solidarity programmes. AIBEA will write to FM and Banking department to
extend the Government guidelines on compassionate appointments in Associate Banks.
AIBEA will also support all our programmes of agitation.
From SSBEA it was decided to launch the following programme.
1) Letters to MD's of all Associate Banks on our demands
2) Mass meetings to prepare the employees for strike action
3) Deputation to MD's of Associate Banks
4) Demonstration programmes
5) Poster and leaflets
6) All India Strike on 4th June and 24th June, 2015
AIBEA Office Bearers will shortly meet and decide solidarity programs including strike action
by all members of AIBEA in all the Banks.
Draft of the letters to be sent to the MDs of Associate Banks as well as specimen of poster,
etc. will be sent to units shortly.
Dates for implementing the above programmes will also be given by us in our next Circular.
In the meantime, all our units in the Associate Banks are requested to hold meetings at their
level and keep our members informed of these decisions and prepare them for the
agitational programme.
Comrades, the agitation is being forced on us because of the negative attitude and
discriminative approach of the SBI management. Let us implement the programmes
successfully.
With greetings,
Yours Comradely,
(N VENUGOPAL)
GENERAL SECRETARY